John C. Mannone – Wormwood

Wormwood He goes to the only church he ever knew. The observatory entrance is littered with gum wrappers and cigarette butts. His mother’s King James, tucked in the folds, leathers his spring jacket. She insisted he take it—a worn edition bookmarked to Revelation­ 8. He shifts his gaze to the naked sky, it sparkles innocence, […]